You Have Got To Be Kidding . . . !

Two headlines have come across my desktop in the past two days that have just left me in "shock and awe." First, I read that our US government has set an 8 month timetable for progress in the Israeli/Palestinian peace plan! That's right; a timetable. Now, doesn't that just sound like a peachy idea when recommended from a country that is fighting over that very topic. The President of the United States says we can't possibly allow a timetable to be revealed, because our enemy could just wait the time out . . . Well how chummy are Israel and Hamas? And I read the ridiculous comments from the leader of Hezbollah, who was supposed to be on the American terrorist list, but obviously, they've been put on a different list. Now Israel and the Palestinian people are left to try to deal with Hamas, another group that was once on the terrorist list, before the present American administration secured their power as a political party and sovereign government. This new government is the entity that is still arguing over how many hundreds of Palestinian criminals should be released for the exchange of one Israeli soldier. Meanwhile Israel's ally does nothing but twittle our thumbs and encourage diplomacy and concession. Well let me tell you something about this Iraq mess that our leader led us into. The former leader of Iraq also considered alQaida an enemy and alQaida sure didn't have a foothold under his rule, much less have Iraq as their new headquarters, according to our government information. And only G~d knows how bad that intelligence may or may not be. Well I guess some of us have been given the gift of discernment on that topic. Then, I read the headline today that says the Iraqi parliament is considering a two month vacation this summer and it's really none of America's business. Well, that doesn't sound like the rhetoric of a grateful, fledgling democracy to me. That sounds more like a thumbing of the nose, rather than a twittling of the thumbs, or perhaps a friendly wave minus four digits. Just so you understand this as clearly as our politicians can doublespeak. We are attempting to implement an 8 month timetable for the peace process between Israel and Hamas while a timetable for Iraq to get in gear would be too much information for our enemies, and aparently be too much pressure for the Iraqi parliament to enjoy their summer vacation, which is none of the business of the USA. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, didn't our fearless leader announce at the beginning of this American made mayhem that if the other countries were with us they would see alQaida and a list of other groups as terrorists? Well, Saddam Hussein came closer than any other leader in the Arab world to regard the same list of enemies that President George W. Bush claimed back in 2001. Now that Saddam has been murdered and his country laid waste, we are rediscovering the value of the buffer that Iraq provided us and the rest of the world in dealing with Iran and Syria. So now, we see why "Condi" isn't smiling. The rest of the world sees the shambles created in the Middle East by the know-it-all Americans and our allies are standing back saying, "we tried to tell you," so now Dr. Rice is trying to "make nice" with Syria after all of her boss's comments. If this wasn't real life, you'd wonder who thought of this goofy show, but it's real and it is life and it is death, to way too many, already. Now that we all realize the mess has been made, and over 3,000 young Americans have died in Iraq, does anyone have the number of Americans that were killed there, when Hussein was ruling Iraq? Now some of the terror list, has more power than they ever had, because America has helped some of them gain political positions, and tied the hands or the noose of those that would have kept them from gaining armed power. So basically in a nutshell, Israel needs to submit and reliquish and make further concessions in 8 months or less, while we in America finance and fight without end in sight, to hold the fort in Iraq while the leaders take summer vacation. You have got to be kidding . . .
For he that is not against us is for us.